• Born: 4 Jan 1783, Rutland MA
• Marriage (1): Miss Barton circa 1803 in Utica NY
• Marriage (2): Susan White in 1820 in Utica NY
• Died: 6 May 1862, Utica NY

  General notes:

Silversmith and watchmaker

  Events in his life were:

• Alternate Mark.

• Alternate Mark.

• Apprenticed: Joseph Barton, about 1796, in Stockbridge MA. ⁴

• Partnership: Philo White, in 1808-1809, in Canandaigua NY. As PORTER & WHITE. ⁴

• Partnership: Philo White, in 1809-1811, in Utica NY. As PORTER & WHITE. ⁴

• Partnership: Joseph Barton, in 1811-1816, in Utica NY. As BARTON & PORTER. ⁴

• Partnership: Philip Huntington, in 1817-1837, in Utica NY. ⁴

• Advertised: 1821-1823, in Utica NY. Offering silverware of his own manufacture. ⁴

• Example: Watch paper, circa 1825, in American Antiquarian Society.

• He worked in 1837-1848 as a salesman and merchant in Utica NY with DOOLITTLE, MORRIS & Co. ⁴

• Belden: 1837, in Utica NY. Sold silversmithing business to H. N. Weaver. ⁴

• He worked in 1848-1849 as a gold- and silversmith in Utica NY with Horace Strong Bradley, a watch repairer. ⁴

• He worked in 1850-1862 as a silversmith and jeweler in Utica NY ⁴

• He appeared on the census in 1855 in Waterford NY. Listed as a silversmith.

• He appeared on the census in 1860 in Ossian, Livingston, NY. Listed without occupation.

Joseph married Miss Barton, daughter of Joseph Barton and Rebecca Gardner, circa 1803 in Utica NY.

Joseph next married Susan White in 1820 in Utica NY. (Susan White was born on 17 Jul 1802 in Whitestown NY and died in 1886.)